| The Nervous Wreck | |
| Director: | Scott Sidney |
| Producer: | Al Christie Charles Christie |
| Starring: | Harrison Ford Phyllis Haver Chester Conklin |
| Cinematography: | Alex Phillips |
| Studio: | Christie Film Company |
| Distributor: | Producers Distributing Corporation |
| Runtime: | 70 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent English intertitles |
The Nervous Wreck is a 1926 American silent comedy adventure film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Harrison Ford, Phyllis Haver and Chester Conklin.[1] It is based on the play The Nervous Wreck by Owen Davis, inspired by an earlier story The Wreck by E.J. Rath. The play later became a musical on which the 1930 film Whoopee! was based and also inspired the 1944 film Up in Arms.
Wrongly believing himself to be suffering from a fatal illness, a Pittsburgh man sets out for Arizona but stops at a ranch for a meal on the way. There he is tricked into eloping with the daughter of the house, engaged to a local sheriff. The couple are subsequently pursued by the sheriff and the girl's father, and during a series of adventures he discovers that his poor health was all in his mind.